Translation guide
The English word "spout" can be a noun (a tube or lip for pouring) or a verb (to send out liquid forcefully, or to speak at length). This guide covers the main practical meanings for English-speaking learners.
The physical part of a container (teapot, kettle, watering can) from which liquid comes out.
General term for a spout on a container like a teapot or kettle.
Pour hot water from the spout of the kettle.
Often used in compound words or when the spout is simply the 'mouth' of the container.
The spout of the teapot chipped.
Liquid coming out in a stream or jet, often with force.
To gush or spout out, often used for liquids erupting or being ejected.
The whale spouted water.
More formal or technical term for gushing or spouting, often used in news or scientific contexts.
The volcano spouted lava.
To gush or spurt out, often used poetically or for blood/water surging.
To talk a lot in a boring or self-important way, often about a particular topic.
To rattle on or spout off rapidly, often without letting others speak.
He spouted his opinions.
To talk at length; a neutral way to say someone spoke for a long time.
To lecture or spout (often unwanted) explanations; can be condescending.
He started spouting his lecture again.
The jet or stream itself, rather than the physical spout.
注ぎ口 refers only to the physical spout of a container. For the jet of liquid itself, use words like 噴水 or 水柱.
噴き出す is more common in everyday speech for liquids gushing out. 噴出する is more formal and often used for large-scale eruptions (volcanoes, steam).
The teapot has a broken spout.
He just spouts nonsense all day.
The water pipe burst and water spouted out.
傷口から血がほとばしった。
Blood spouted from the wound.
He spouted on about politics.
The geyser spouted a column of water.